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“The Fall of the Cabal” label is best known as a multi-part conspiracy documentary series created and promoted by Dutch figure Janet Ossebaard and collaborators; the series (originally presented in ro...
The modern “lizard people” or “reptilian” conspiracy was popularized in the late 1990s by British writer David Icke, who claimed shape‑shifting reptilian aliens from systems such as Alpha Draconis con...
The “New World Order” (NWO) and “Illuminati” labels describe a long‑running set of conspiracy narratives that claim a secret elite seeks a one‑world government or global domination; these ideas trace ...
The modern “lizard people” or “reptilian” accusation has been applied to a wide range of public figures—from British royalty and U.S. presidents to celebrities and tech CEOs—and was popularized by Dav...
The Illuminati originated as a real secret society, the Bavarian Illuminati, founded by Adam Weishaupt in 1776 to promote Enlightenment ideals, but it was disbanded by 1785 with no credible evidence o...
The New World Order (NWO) conspiracy theory began as a phrase used by statesmen to describe geopolitical shifts and was transformed over two centuries into a broad claim that a hidden elite seeks an a...
David Icke’s claims about the Illuminati and a “new world order” are widely criticized for ; critics link his most extravagant elements — such as reptilian shapeshifters and hidden mind‑control infras...
The historical “Illuminati” was a short‑lived Bavarian society founded by Adam Weishaupt in 1776 that promoted Enlightenment ideas and was suppressed by Bavarian authorities in the 1780s (membership e...
Dan Brown’s portrayal of the Illuminati is a fictionalized, central plot device in Angels & Demons (published as Illuminati in some editions): an “ancient secret group of scientists” said to have been...
There is clear historical and scholarly evidence of groups called “Luciferians” in the past—most notably a fourth‑century movement associated with a bishop named Lucifer of Cagliari—and contemporary u...
The modern reptilian-shapeshifter conspiracy was popularized by David Icke in the late 1990s, who claimed a blood-drinking, shape‑shifting reptilian elite—linked to ancient myths and modern secret soc...
The “lizard people” or “reptilian” conspiracy traces to David Icke and has been used to label a wide range of public figures — from members of the British royal family to bankers, politicians and tech...
The Fall of the Cabal franchise — a multi-part documentary and related websites — asserts a broad, transnational “cabal” composed of political elites, financial dynasties, secret societies, media acto...
The term "tampliers" likely refers to a misspelling of the , a medieval military order founded in 1119 to protect Christian pilgrims during the Crusades, distinct from the , an Enlightenment-era secre...
The LaRouche movement germinated a distinctive repertoire of conspiratorial themes—an international financier “synarchist” cabal, coded Illuminati/Freemason and Jewish-banker tropes, and a repurposed ...
Conspiracy theories link Freemasonry to occult practices by pointing to secret rituals, shared symbols with occult movements, and high-degree mysteries; historical and contemporary sources document bo...
The modern reptilian (or “lizard people”) conspiracy was popularized in the 1990s and especially after David Icke published The Biggest Secret in 1998, which tied shape‑shifting reptilian aliens to gl...
European history includes many real secret societies—from medieval military orders like the Knights Templar to Enlightenment- and 19th‑century groups such as the Freemasons, the Bavarian Illuminati, a...
The “New World Order” phrase has layered meanings: as a modern political slogan for post‑war institutional architecture (notably the U.S. role after 1945) and as a shorthand for conspiratorial claims ...
David Icke’s presents a narrative in which non-human reptilian beings, sometimes called the Archons or “reptilians,” infiltrate and control human institutions, and Icke identifies the as a primary veh...